Leadership Self-Assessment Questions

-Do I view problems as opportunities?-Am I a priority setter?-Am I customer focused?-Am I courageous?-Am I a critical and creative thinker?-What is my tolerance for ambiguity?-Am I positive attitude towards change?-Am I committed to innovations that are best for our customers?

Skills . . .

-Do I debate, clarify, and enunciate my values and beliefs?-Can I fuel, inspire, and guard the shared vision?-Can I communicate the strategic plan at all levels?-Do I recognize the problems inherent to the planning process?-Do I ask the big picture questions and "what if"?-Can I support the organization's staff through the change process?-Do I encourage dreaming and thinking the unthinkable?-Can I align the budget, planning, policies and programs with the community's goals and vision?-Do I engage in goal setting?-Can I develop and implement action plans?-Do I practice and plan conscious abandonment?-Do I transfer the strategic planning process to budget planning?

Knowledge . . .

-Do I know board and CEO roles and responsibilities in planning and implementing plans?-Do I know the strategic planning process, short and long term planning tools?-Do I know the board and community's vision, beliefs, and mission?-Do I know the relationship of the budget to planning?-Do I know local, state, and national factors that affect economic development (ED)?-Do I know the best practices and research on improving ED achievement?-Do I know the process of change and paradigm shifts?-Do I know the strategies to involve and communicate with the community?

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Don is a health care management consultant, Reiki master, student of Zen and Thomas Merton's teachings, teacher, life coach, author, poet, and photographer. He is a Certified Reiki Master, holds an M.A. Degree in Consciousness Studies, with extensive studies in Buddhism and meditation, and he has completed graduate studies in Organizational Behavior and Economic Development. He holds an undergraduate degree in Anthropology. He and his wife Mary practice Reiki in the Greater Cleveland area.